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|style="color:#000"|[[Image:J.R.R. Tolkien - Conversation with Smaug (large).jpg|125px|left]]'''[[Smaug]]''' (birth unknown – [[Third Age]] {{TA|2941|n}}) was the greatest [[Fire-drakes|fire-breathing]] [[Dragons|dragon]] of the [[Third Age]]. Details of his origin are unknown, but in {{TA|2770}} he attacked the [[Lonely Mountain]] and the town of [[Dale]]. He claimed the treasure of the mountain for himself and forced [[Thrór]], [[King under the Mountain]], and [[Durin's Folk|his people]] into exile. [[Thorin]]'s quest - with the help of his burglar [[Bilbo Baggins]] - to reclaim the treasure ended in success when Smaug was slain by [[Bard]] in {{TA|2941}}.

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'''[[Glamdring]]''' was the sword once borne by [[Turgon the Wise|Turgon]], King of [[Gondolin]]. The sword, decorated with jewels and ruelbone, had passed into legend by the time [[Gandalf]] discovered it in a [[trolls|Troll]]'s cave, nearly 6,500 years later. He would use the sword during the [[Battle of Five Armies]] and the [[War of the Ring]].

{{Quote|But do you remember [[Gandalf]]'s words: Even [[Gollum]] may have something yet to do? But for him, [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]], I could not have destroyed [[The One Ring|the Ring]]. The Quest would have been in vain, even at the bitter end. So let us forgive him! For the Quest is achieved and now all is over. I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.|{{RK|Doom}}}}

|style="color:#000"|[[File:John Howe - The King Under the Mountain.jpg|right|125px]]As part of the countdown to the release of ''[[The Hobbit: There and Back Again]]'', let's work together to improve our most popular articles relating to ''[[The Hobbit]]''.<br/><br/>

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{{quote|<nowiki>'</nowiki>Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens,<nowiki>'</nowiki> said [[Gimli]].<br><nowiki>'</nowiki>Maybe,<nowiki>'</nowiki> said [[Elrond]], <nowiki>'</nowiki>but let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.<nowiki>'</nowiki>|''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Ring Goes South]]"}}

* '''9-2-09''' - Well, that could have gone much smoother, but then again I guess it could have been worse. We're now on our new server. I'm working out a few minor tweaks and then we can focus on upgrading MediaWiki and finally adding some extensions. If you encounter any problems please let me know.

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* '''9-1-09''' - Within the next day or two we will be upgrading the wiki to a shiny new server. Hopefully downtime will be limited, but please excuse any errors you may encounter.

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* '''12-30-08''' - The MySQL service was feeling lonely and wanted some attention so it decided to crash on us :( Thanks for hanging in there!

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* '''10-9-08''' - One of our database tables crashed on us earlier today however the issue has been resolved. Sorry for any inconvenience.

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* '''9-15-08''' - Unfortunately we had some major hardware problems earlier today however they have been resolved and no information was lost.

Featured Quote

"But do you remember Gandalf's words: Even Gollum may have something yet to do? But for him, Sam, I could not have destroyed the Ring. The Quest would have been in vain, even at the bitter end. So let us forgive him! For the Quest is achieved and now all is over. I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam."